Robyn is a high-flying businesswoman whose life revolves around her career. She is made to take a holiday by her boss, and sticking a pin in a map, she finds herself in Dumfries and Galloway on the borders of Scotland. She books into Abbots Tower, a very old hotel with a varied history.Situated near to the hotel are the remains of Lag Tower, the once home to Sir Robert Grierson of Lag, a brutal and evil persecutor of the Covenanters in the 17th century. His spirit was imprisoned by his old adversary, Alexander Peden, centuries before, but now he has been released and the death toll grows.As a child, Robyn could see ghosts, and ascunde descrierea